DS Daily - 3rd October 2012 |
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UKDPC, Mentor and DrugScope warn cuts could worsen drug problems among young people
A new report, Domino Effects (PDF), produced by the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) in partnership with DrugScope and Mentor, warns that a wide range of young people’s services in England are under threat from budget reductions and public service reorganisations, which could undermine the ability of these services to prevent and treat drug and alcohol problems among young people | DrugScope, UK
Funding cuts 'threaten drug abuse progress'
Funding cuts and reforms to public services risk reversing the declining trend in drug abuse among young people, campaigners have warned | London Evening Standard, UK
Drug users are as young as 13
Police have seized more than 1,000 drugs across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre in the last year - and today communities have spoken out to The Gazette about the devastating impact drugs are having on their live | Blackpool Gazette, UK
Drink and Drugs News - October issue
Frontline support – uniting to find the hidden harm | DDN, UK
Photographs from the UK Recovery Walk
Thousands of people showed their support for recovering drug and alcohol addicts by walking through the city on Saturday. The UK Recovery Walk is organised by people whose lives have turned around after being an addict | The Argus, UK
Sheffield’s biggest drugs factory busted
Police have busted one of the biggest cannabis factories ever found in South Yorkshire - seizing plants worth nearly £2 million | Sheffield Telegraph, UK
Homelessness kills: homelessness mortality in early 21st century England
New research by Crisis reveals some shocking truths about the mortality and causes of death of homeless people compared to the general population. Full report | Crisis, UK
Operation of the Homeless Persons Legislation in Scotland: 2011-12
This bulletin provides information on homelessness applications, assessments and outcomes to 31 March 2012 | Scottish Government, UK
London Councils ESF co-financing programme 2012-14 prospectus now available
London Councils have released the prospectus for services that can help to deliver towards their priority of tackling poverty. This includes funding two projects working with people with drug and / or alcohol addiction, with an indicative amount of £376,040 allocated to each | London Councils, UK
One in five AMHPs wants to quit role amid 'unacceptably high' stress levels
Calls for improved support for approved mental health professionals, after state of profession survey also reveals four in ten AMHPs reach threshold for depression and anxiety disorders | Community Care, UK
More women than ever addicted to heroin, says HSE official
Heroin use in Limerick has reached an all-time high with an estimated 800 addicts in the city and wider region compared to about 100 in 2002 | Irish Examiner
Drugs task force warns of cuts to budget
The chair of the Mid West Drugs Task force is warning that services will be decimated if there is any further cut in funding - audio | Drugs.ie, Ireland
Drug addiction treatment centre facing closure
The Coolmine Therapeutic Community has launched its annual report today and has said that its treatment centre at Ashleigh House near Blanchardstown in west Dublin, does not have the resources to remain open much longer | The Journal, Ireland
Alex White promises action on alcohol plan
Minister of State for Health Alex White has said he will “bring proposals on an alcohol policy to Government in the very new future” | Irish Times
Annual report 2012: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Launch date: Thursday 15 November 2012 | EMCDDA
Substance abuse is 'problem No. 1' in aboriginal North
Dr. Stanley Vollant's 'Innu path' is both a personal 4,000-km trek and a mentoring process for troubled youth | CBC News, Canada
National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2011
Summary of National Findings | SAMHSA, USA
Drug rehab called key to avoid 3rd strike
Convicts imprisoned under California's "three strikes" law are no more predisposed to "high-risk criminal thinking" than other inmates, but are far more likely to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, according to data from the state prisons department | SF Gate, USA
Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana: Yes
Initiative 502 offers the chance to abandon prohibition as a lost cause | The Columbian, USA
Don't go soft on drug abuse as doctors call for trial of safe injecting rooms
Doctors are calling for a trial of safe injecting rooms, with members of the Australian Medical Association taking a formal position on the issue for the first time | Herald Sun, Australia
Tiwi Islands seek help as drug use takes hold
Chief Minister Terry Mills says the Northern Territory Government is assessing the need for alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs on the Tiwi Islands | ABC News, Australia
How International Aid for Drug Enforcement Fuels Human Rights Abuses
It is increasingly clear that there is a fundamental lack of oversight of how international aid - provided by the US, Europe and the United Nations to poorer countries - is used to pursue anti-drug efforts. In this article Damon Barrett, Deputy Director of Harm Reduction International highlights some of the systematic human rights abuses this aid is facilitating | International Affairs at LSE, UK
Drug World
October issue | Paul Cook